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April 28, 2016
I am the Captain of My Soul
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April 26, 2016
The Outlaw-A German Legend #history
Eppelein awaiting execution The Legend of Eppelein von Gailingen
After The Men lost their fervor for the Crusades and the power of the German Emperor faded, knighthood in Germany became irrelevant. The knights sat in their castles and lived on what they could take from their farmers. Slowly, this whole rank of men became impoverished. They needed to change professions. And they saw the cause of their poverty in the ever-increasing rich city dwellers and traders. This angered the old...
April 21, 2016
Nuremberg and the Imperial Castle
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April 19, 2016
Two Sides to Every Story
Heather: Today I have the opportunity to present the newest Two Sides to Every Story entry in the series and it is with a guest post by author Laura Libricz. This topic, The Thirty Years War, is interesting to me as I just covered this subject matter in my recent semester of class. Check it out! Read more…
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April 17, 2016
April 16, 2016
The Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany
„Wart’, Berg, du sollst mir eine Burg tragen!“
As legend would have it, the Wartburg Castle in Thüringen, Germany was founded in 1067 by Ludwig der Springer, also known as Count Ludwig von Schauenburg. Ludwig was a member of the German dynastic family of Ludowinger. Little is certain about the man, but he lives on in his legends and in his castle.
His nickname comes from a bold leap into the Saale River. After he’d attempted to take hold of the area west of the Saale River, called Saale-Unstr...
The Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany
„Wart', Berg, du sollst mir eine Burg tragen!“
As legend would have it, the Wartburg Castle in Thüringen, Germany was founded in 1067 by Ludwig der Springer, also known as Count Ludwig von Schauenburg. Ludwig was a member of the German dynastic family of Ludowinger. Little is certain about the man, but he lives on in his legends and in his castle.
His nickname comes from a bold leap into the Saale River. After he’d attempted to take hold of the area west of the Saale River, called Saale-U...
April 11, 2016
It Is Time–Flash Fiction #MondayBlogs
Stomping boots echo off the stone floors. Torch light rounds the corner and the guards’ silhouettes march in step with their shadows. Silke slowly raises her head. The smell of leather and horse mingles with the moldy straw of her cell. Keys jangle and rattle the iron lock. She wants to scratch the numerous dried cuts on her scalp—they were brutal when they shaved her head looking for witch’s markings—but her hands are chained behind her back. Pain pounds no longer in her thumbs broken by t...
'It Is Time'--Flash Fiction #MondayBlogs
It Is Time
Stomping boots echo off the stone floors. Torch light rounds the corner and the guards’ silhouettes march in step with their shadows. Silke slowly raises her head. The smell of leather and horse mingles with the moldy straw of her cell. Keys jangle and rattle the iron lock. She wants to scratch the numerous dried cuts on her scalp--they were brutal when they shaved her head looking for witch’s markings--but her hands are chained behind her back. Pain pounds no longer in her thumbs b...
April 8, 2016
Friday #FlashFiction: The Borderlands Expire
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